Vancouver Commemorates Canada 150+ A Response to the TRC's Calls to Action - Mayor & Council, December 13, 2017 Margeret Specht, Director of ...

Vancouver Commemorates Canada 150+
A Response to the TRC’s Calls to Action
Mayor & Council, December 13, 2017
Margeret Specht, Director of Special Projects, City of Vancouver

Musqueam        Squamish      Tsleil-Waututh
First Nation   First Nation    First Nation

March 3, 2016 UAPAC Motion:
THAT THE CANADA 150 ANNIVERSARY project be branded as Canada 150+ in order to:

•   Acknowledge the Indigenous peoples who have been here since time immemorial;

•   Represent that there is history in this land that predates colonization;

•   Represent that all people in Canada have come together to make this a great Nation of
    Nations;

•   Represent that, in addition to celebrating 150 years of the Canadian Constitution, the
    celebrations are also about looking to the future, and all communities, Nations and
    peoples walking together as a stronger society than ever before;

•   Set the mark for what we hope to achieve in all cities and communities across Canada,
    and

•   Present Vancouver with the opportunity to be its best, as a City of Reconciliation that
    reflects and recognizes Indigenous peoples and cultures.

CANADA 150+ FRAMEWORK
•   Aboriginal Production Apprentice Program
•   Signature Events: 3
•   Associated Projects: 6
•   Affiliated Projects: 6
•   Community Projects: 50+

PRODUCTION
APPRENTICE PROGRAM
14-week program placing 8 Indigenous
workers with local Employer Partners in live
event industries to work alongside
professional mentors.

Employer Partners: Brandlive, Coastal Jazz
and Blues, Gear Force, Great Northern Way
Scene Shop, Riggit Services Inc., Scene
Ideas, Vancouver Folk Music Festival,
Vancouver International Children’s Festival

Funders: ACCESS - Aboriginal Community
Career Employment Services, Creative BC’s
Industry Initiatives Program, Vancity &
Holiday Inn Vancouver Downtown Indigenous
Scholarship Program & City of Vancouver
Great Beginnings Program.

JULY 14, 2017

                 “WE ARE BEGINNING the new
                 trajectory of Canadian history,
                and entering a post-colonial age.
                We will no longer be invisible in
                   our own land. Our history is
                          your history.”
                        -Chief Ian Campbell

GATHERING OF CANOES

 2,300       23           460          1
ATTENDEES    CANOES   CANOE PADDLERS   DAY

JULY 22 – 30, 2017

“The best of the best in
  Aboriginal talent”
      -APTN National News

“CANADA 150+ WAS A GREAT
 chapter in our city’s history.
    It really did something
extraordinary this year and set
     the bar high for cities
      across the country.”
      -Charlie Smith, Editor,
       the Georgia Straight

“THE DRUM IS CALLING
FESTIVAL transformed the
whole city into a welcoming
space for First Nations
people . Kudos to
the City of Vancouver for
celebrating Canada’s
sesquicentennial with this
impressive event that made
me proud to live here.“

- Brenda Leadlay, Executive Director,
BC Alliance for Arts & Culture

EVENING HEADLINERS

SITE-WIDE PROGRAMMING

FILM & SPEAKER SERIES

3-ON-3 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

June 19 - July 1
food, music, art, workshops,
and performances

CEDAR CARVING PROJECT

VANCOUVER INDIGENOUS
    FASHION WEEK

 "This is totally reclaiming
        what is ours"
        - Joleen Mitton

CANADA’S LARGEST ABORIGINAL FESTIVAL

40,000            #1               700+          9
 FESTIVAL   Canada’s Largest       ARTISTS &   FESTIVAL
ATTENDEES   Aboriginal Festival   PERFORMERS     DAYS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

ASSOCIATED CANADA 150+ PROJECTS

Walk Vancouver Challenge

Canada 150+ Mural Program

Thunderbird Sharing Ceremony

VPL’s Story City: Canadian Journeys in Vancouver

Wild Salmon Caravan-Oct 2017

Youth-directed immigration and anti-racism projects

THUNDERBIRD SHARING CEREMONY
Co-production with Aeriosa Dance and
Spakwus Slulem Eagle Song Dancers.

CANADA 150+ MURAL PROGRAM

WILD SALMON
CARAVAN
Grassroots event organized
by the Working Group on
Indigenous Food
Sovereignty

WALK
VANCOUVER
CHALLENGE
Vancouverites were
challenged to walk 150+
kms starting on Move for
Health Day in May. Last
two kms to be at the
Walk for Reconciliation

“It’s easily the best public art in
   Vancouver in a long time.”
            - Vancouver Sun

“It’s easily the best public art in
    Vancouver in a long time.”
             - Vancouver Sun

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INFLUENCING A NATIONAL CONVERSATION
                      Vancouver Commemorates Canada 150+
                      generated substantial media coverage on TV,
                      radio, print and online, including CBC’s The
                      National, APTN National News, Georgia
                      Straight, Vancouver Courier, Vancouver Sun,
                      and Maclean’s.

THANK YOU MERCI